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• Blog / MIT Life

  Clinging to the Coattails of Identity Who am I now?

  

  background, and your interests,” I was frustrated at how it boiled down ... things: where you come from, and what your interests are. So, where am I from? That’s easy, and maybe moderately interesting. I’m from Hawaii

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 29, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Is this the real life? Guest writer for Sam's Blog, Ruth '07 goes home to Georgia, gets ditched by most…

  

  usual author is at home in H-burg, I get to tell you about my recent adventure down memory lane. And for those of you who I haven't told a billion times already, I'm almost an international student. I'm from Hazzard

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Books write our life stories Philosophy, astronomy, religion, neurology - and my plans for the future.

  

  list.) The third category fills a half-shelf that I would gladly haul ... discovery. Exaclty how this came to pass is a long story and I'll skip it here ... goal of graduate school is to “focus” and I’m not sure how to best stay

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 30, 2014
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2015 Graduates from MIT mind, and hand, and heart

  

  he would have been happier and i felt guilty i helped make the case why ... mind and hand]," Smith told graduates: "it's heart. What I mean by heart is not just love and kindness. I mean wonder and discovery, it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  some thoughts i have a few

  

  't expect. People would often immediately think I was weird off the bat, just ... restrictions and rules of being in a sorority. I don't know how much I can talk ... were able to just explore as they wished, and I honestly wish this would

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 10, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guitar Hero… on the oscilloscope! The secret fifth digital instrument revealed

  

  semester, “That’s so cool! I would’ve loved that as an undergrad.” “... oh ... -Y mode allows you to visualize how “out of phase” (i.e., out of sync) two ... !lloscope would have made for a much better project name. Oh well, I suppose that

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 14, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Repainting the Smoots A Wacky MIT Tradition

  

  distance of the bridge so they’d know exactly “how long it would take to get ... , fast forward all the way from 1958 to 2023. How did I end up here on this ... than usual. I am holding pallets of bright green, yellow, and purple

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 27, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wake Up Calls because The Big Picture needs you

  

  important to you. That said, you're probably wondering why I would expose ... between work and fun, and I would think that's true for most students here ... night before. It's a well-kept secret. But I have proof. Behold the two

  • by Ana V. '15
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  I asked people at MIT what they were doing for Pi Day 2025 something is rising... 3/14/25 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  't know about. So, I went around campus to get the scoop on how students and ... . Even then, I underestimated how excited students were about this “Blood ... , would Jupiter blow up? The gas giants are mostly hydrogen, but I guess you

  • by Jebby B. '25
  • March 7, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of Senior Haus "find where you thrive"

  

  one of my favorite things to pass. I often thought about how long that ... Last Friday night at around 2 am I finally got around to visiting the ... --photographs dating back to 1916, Sport Death memorabilia, old yearbooks. It would

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 8, 2018
• Blog / How to Food

  Procrastination For Finals ...so I cooked dinner instead.

  

  basically three finals stand between between me and the summer! (i have them ... studying for finals, I cooked dinner instead today. =p (it didn't really take that long; i don't usually cook dinner during term just because i

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 13, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  On MIT and Humanities I promise I will stop philosophizing (aka. sounding like an old man) in my entries…

  

  too nerdy. I question whether I would even be able to find a balanced ... " activity, you probably would agree. I just got accepted to an US ... question - and I believe that this warrants a more drawn-out response from me

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 19, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Case You Were Wondering… Here's what I do when I don't do anything

  

  AM, would be a horrifying thought. But on this particular day, I feel ... 't tell is how satisfied I am with my tiny robot prize, mostly because ... a short sprint away. Twenty minutes before 8 AM, I wake up to the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  An unexpected discovery, from a few centuries ago It takes more than four years to get to know a place

  

  This is my fourth year in Cambridge. But earlier this week I learned how little I still know about where I live. Last weekend, I went on a grocery run. It was wine and cheese night in my suite, so I was preparing an

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 20, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Truth is Rarely Pure and Never Simple A behind-the-scenes special on directing a play

  

  would enjoy watching. Well, I definitely still laugh the seventh time I ... What does a number do when it wants to be a picture? I acted in my ... later, I am now pursuing a minor in Theatre Arts at MIT. I, like many

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of Embrace the backstory to a gender-bending concept dance video, written by Ayomide F. '18

  

  ieYk It was (and is) incredibly arresting and compelling video, and I asked Ayo if she'd write up how it came to be so I could post it. She did ... world would not have agreed. I wasn’t thinking about all of this when my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 11, 2018
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  when I was in high school, but if I had, I think I would have asked Mrs ... . Mrs. Moore, because she had seen how much I had struggled in algebra, and how hard I worked to get an A in it, coming in every lunch to work

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, musicals, teaching, research, sports, and wisdom tooth surgery. I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I…

  

  , which freaked me out a bit. "How are you doing?" Well, I thought ... cap over my face, explaining that I would be receiving nitrous oxide: laughing gas. This would, apparently, help to keep me calm and happy. I have

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Endless rain into a paper cup ...also, restless wind inside a letterbox.

  

  , which was open to the page about how to resuscitate hypothermics. Oh, I ... tomorrow. Look, guys, I know I'm doing a biofuels UROP and everything, and I ... Susan Hockfield, but I'm sick of hearing about global warming when I check

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MARC 2025 (not a live blog) Featuring Andi '25!

  

  my research supervisor (Hans), I didn’t know how to ski, so I ended up ... , why would you not go? If you haven't yet read either of Andi '25's ... this by bribing us with things we would otherwise not be able to afford

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 16, 2025